I spent much of the day organizing an effort with one of my clients who specializes in swamp cooler repair 's workman, Mike Rodgers, to
replace the motor and pads in my larger swamp cooler. I am not sure that it is much cooler but it
surely will last longer now that I have replaced my old damaged motor and heavily calcified pads.
Suzette came home at around 5:15 and started
reading the Venue, which we now receive with the increased subscription rate
for the Journal and saw that Grammy winning guitarist Earl Klugh was scheduled
to appear at a Zoo concert this evening. 
Earl Klugh. Photo courtesy of Tanner
Photography and Earl Klugh.
About Earl Klugh
GRAMMY®-winning guitar virtuoso Earl
Klugh has recorded over 30 albums in his
multi-million-selling career including 23 Top 10 charting records – five of
them No. 1 - on Billboard’s Jazz Album chart. As a composer and recording
artist, he is counted among the lynchpin figures of a new contemporary jazz,
and rightly credited for the extension of his instrument’s artistic scope.
Additionally, Klugh’s credit appears on recordings by Aretha Franklin, Roberta
Flack, Al Jarreau, Mary J. Blige, Jamie Foxx and many others. He has been
invited to play as a guest artist by such diverse peers and admirers as Jimmy
Buffett, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Michael Jackson and Brenda Russell, and
has recorded legendary collaborative albums with George Benson and Bob James.
"...A guitarist with impeccable
technique." -The New York Times
I said, “We have the fresh Corvina that we should
cook.” After a fair amount of discussion
we decided to make a quick dinner and then go to the concert by 7:30 p.m. Suzette
decided to make deconstructed tacos by sautéing the corvina in a kind of mango
salsa (onion, mango, avocado, and garlic; we considered but left out Serrano chili)
in some oil and butter. Suzette then
asked if we had any rice and I said yes and fetched a pot of PPI rice that also
contained some PPI Fried Rice from a few nights ago that contained mushrooms,
shallot and kale. Suzette sautéed that in
another skillet in some oil and butter to warm it.
As Suzette started sautéing I minced about ½ medium
yellow onion and cubed two mangos and 1 ½ avocados, while she chopped up some
fresh garlic. She then fetched some
beers and sautéed the two skillets full of fish and rice , while I wet a tea
towel and heated a small handful of corn tortillas in the microwave. I n about twenty minutes we had created a
menu, prepped and cooked it and were sitting on the patio eating a delicious meal.
The fish was still exceedingly fresh and
the combination of tropical flavors with it was divine. I can not say enough good things about
our spontaneous meals that fly together in a flash of creativity. Of course, as Suzette so generously said, ‘Good
shopping helps.” Talking about shopping
for a moment, we have really been enjoying the fresh corvina that Sprouts
offers on sale occasionally.
As soon as we finished dinner, we loaded a Mexican shopping
basket with a cotton blanket, a bottle of water, a bottle with some cognac, and
a bag of dark chocolate covered fruit and nuts that I had bought at Sprouts on
Wednesday on sale for $3.99/lb., when I bought the corvina for $8.99/lb. and
ran to the concert, which was terrific.
Wonderful straight ahead progressive jazz of the Al Jarreau and George
Benson variety. The entire area around the band shell was filled with about 4,000 persons enjoying the slightly cooler and more humid weather and music in the twilight.
Bon Appétit
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